02-06-2023, 08:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-06-2023, 08:10 PM by dynamicalVoid.)
Whats extremely concerning is THJ's recent interviews, specifically two on camera a week or two apart, where he claims he isnt going to stop shooting. He actually chuckles in one of them at the thought of him stopping shooting.
I refuse to listen to anyone defending him with "If he aint shooting he's worthless"...it is the most lame excuse to lean on...immature even, imo. To excuse a player consistently choosing bad shots over the best bball play as "Hes a shooter" is wreckless.
I get that his Daddy and other retired NBA vets have told him to "get his" and dont be afraid to ball hog to "secure a purse"...but THJ is just in a different category than all other NBA players when it comes to what looks like ball hogging and chucking. There are posessions where he hasnt touched the ball in like 5 posessions, he gets the rock...and you can tell his intent the second he gets the rock....hes not passing, hes going to shoot it. Its incredibly un-team-like.
He is one or more of the following:
1) Brainwashed by Dad and other vets about getting his and securing money
2) Being told by Mavs brass to score as much as possible to inflate your value
3) Has an inflated sense of his on-court skills and shooting ability
Give me players always looking to pass over "volume shooters".
Speaking of volume shooters...they are bad contracts. There are only a few elite shooters like Curry(THJ is not one of them) that if they had no defense and ball-hogged/chucked would be worth it. NBA brass got it WAY wrong to pay one dimensional volume shooters like THJ, Robinson, Bertans....just idiotic contracts for guys with little skill.
The NBA needs to do away with the "volume shooter" category.
I refuse to listen to anyone defending him with "If he aint shooting he's worthless"...it is the most lame excuse to lean on...immature even, imo. To excuse a player consistently choosing bad shots over the best bball play as "Hes a shooter" is wreckless.
I get that his Daddy and other retired NBA vets have told him to "get his" and dont be afraid to ball hog to "secure a purse"...but THJ is just in a different category than all other NBA players when it comes to what looks like ball hogging and chucking. There are posessions where he hasnt touched the ball in like 5 posessions, he gets the rock...and you can tell his intent the second he gets the rock....hes not passing, hes going to shoot it. Its incredibly un-team-like.
He is one or more of the following:
1) Brainwashed by Dad and other vets about getting his and securing money
2) Being told by Mavs brass to score as much as possible to inflate your value
3) Has an inflated sense of his on-court skills and shooting ability
Give me players always looking to pass over "volume shooters".
Speaking of volume shooters...they are bad contracts. There are only a few elite shooters like Curry(THJ is not one of them) that if they had no defense and ball-hogged/chucked would be worth it. NBA brass got it WAY wrong to pay one dimensional volume shooters like THJ, Robinson, Bertans....just idiotic contracts for guys with little skill.
The NBA needs to do away with the "volume shooter" category.